Section 3 - Configuration
The Captive Portal is a built-in web authentication server. When a station connects to an AP, the web browser will be redirected to a web authentication
page. In this window, users can view and configure the Captive Portal settings. After selecting LDAP as the Authentication Type, you can configure
the LDAP authentication that will be applied to each wireless client in this network.
Enter the session timeout value here. This value can
Session
be from 1 to 1440 minutes. By default, this value is
timeout(1-1440):
60 minutes.
Select 2.4GHz or 5GHz.
Band:
Select the SSID for this Authentication.
SSID Index:
Select the captive portal encryption type here.
Authentication Type:
Options to choose from are Web Redirection,
Username/Password, Passcode, Remote RADIUS,
LDAP and POP3. In this section we'll discuss the LDAP
option.
The default setting is Disable. Select Enable to enable
Web Redirection State:
the website redirection feature.
Select whether to use either HTTP or HTTPS here.
URL Path:
After selecting either http:// or https://, enter the URL
of the website that will be used in the space provided.
Select to Enable or Disable the Captive Portal with
IPIF Status:
its IP interface feature here.
Enter the VLAN Group ID here.
VLAN Group:
Static IP (Manual) is chosen here. Choose this option
Get IP From:
if you do not have a DHCP server in your network,
or if you wish to assign a static IP address to the
DAP-X2850. When Dynamic IP (DHCP) is selected,
the other fields here will be grayed out. Please allow
about 2 minutes for the DHCP client to be functional
once this selection is made.
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